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Posted By richards on July 25, 2017

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP Stockton University professor Kerrin Wolf will discuss the school-to-prison pipeline as part of the second Salute to Stockton speaker series.

He will speak 7 p.m. July 28 at Shirat Hayam Synagogue, 700 Swarthmore Ave. in Ventnor.

Wolf, an assistant professor of law, will discuss the treatment of at-risk youth by the education and justice systems that can push young people out of school and into prison.

Research indicates that harsh punishments for misbehaving students had effects on students, including making some more prone to antisocial behavior, Wolf said. The punishments were intended to make schools safer by deterring future misbehavior.

His presentation will also review some schools efforts to end the school-to-prison pipeline by moving away from punitive disciplinary practices and instead approaching student misbehavior from a therapeutic perspective.

The program, held as part of Sabbath services, is open to the public and will include a question-answer session following the presentations.

On Friday, Aug. 11, Beverly Vaughn, professor of music, will host the finale of the series with a program titled: "Timeless Songs of Courage and Hope from Slavery: Our community sings together.

This program will feature several songs and melodies from slavery which helped to provide a much-needed source of personal expression and endurance during the painful experience of slavery, Vaughn said. Yet, in spite of these experiences, one is surprised time after time by the hope and resilience of the words and melodies found in so many examples of this literature. This evening's program will examine these songs in the light of such resiliency and, by so doing, hopefully gain inspiration and courage as we forge into the future.

Rabbi Gordon Geller, a longtime Stockton faculty member, said the talks are always a summer cultural highlight for the congregation and community. Shirat Hayam, which translates as Song of the Sea, was formed when the congregations of Temple Emeth Shalom and Beth Judah merged last year.

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